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Osona (comarca)



         


Osona
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Other Catalan comarques
ProvinceGirona
CapitalVic
Largest cityVic
Demonymm: osonenc
f: osonenca
Population (2002)129,543
Area1,263.8 km2
Pop. density102.5 hab/km2
Municipalities51

Osona is a comarca (county) in central Catalonia. Its capital is Vic. Its population (as of 2001) is 129,543. It covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan county of Osona. The name comes from Ausetans, a group of Iberian people that had their capital in Ausa (today Vic); the Romans called the area Ausone or Ausona.

Long famous for its sausages (especially fuet) and other pork derivatives, in recent years the area has become somewhat infamous for the pollution of its waterways due to the factory farming of pigs.

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Municipalities

Populations are from 2001.

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